What is the word for "Vegan" in Russian? (NOT Vegetarian)

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I cannot find anywhere how to say vegan in russian, only vegetarian.

I'm russian, and there is no "веган". Никто так не говорит, но надо дурить людей. (It sounds stupid, you have to say вегетарианец, maybe kids in school could say in other stupid way, which only they understand.) — user4435, Feb 02 '14 at 20:16
You say so just because you simply don't know about it. Here's a vegan group in ВКонтакте, in Russian, they all use the word веган. — Yellow Sky, Feb 02 '14 at 21:01
@user4435 Статья о веганах в википедии: Веганство. — Artemix, Feb 03 '14 at 10:18

score 14 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 02 '14 at 11:41

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It is веган or (rarely) веганец in Russian, the word is a typical internationalism. The word for "veganism" is веганство (analogous to "вегетарианство") or just веганизм. This word has appeared pretty recently in Russian, so no major dictionary has it (some of the newest ones do have it), but in the Russian Wiki there is an article about it.

edited Feb 02 '14 at 11:41

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answered Feb 01 '14 at 21:52

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What is the word for "Vegan" in Russian? (NOT Vegetarian)

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